Johnson v. Pennylvania National Mutual Insurance Company, 447 F. Supp.3d 372 (D. Md. 2020)

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OUTCOME:

The court granted the defendant insurance company's motion to dismiss certain counts of the complaint and denied the defendant insurance company's motion to dismiss other counts of the complaint.

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Preston, 2019 WL 3067918 (D. Md. 2019)

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OUTCOME:

The court granted the motion to dismiss or in the alternative to stay filed on behalf of Mr. Brennan's client in this insurance coverage case. The court ruled that dismissal was appropriate because th ... e justiciable controversy alleged by the plaintiff was hypothetical and contingent on the outcome of the underlying lead paint case and thus there was a lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court also ruled, in the alternative, that dismissal was appropriate under the factors adopted by the Fourth Circuit for dismissing federal cases seeking declaratory judgments on insurance coverage while underlying state court claims remain pending.

Gallagher v. Mercy Medical Center, Inc., 463 Md. 615, 207 A.3d 634 (2019)

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OUTCOME:

The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the trial court's and the Court of Special Appeals' rulings that the plaintiff's medical malpractice case against health care providers who treated her for inj ... uries resulting from an automobile accident was barred by the one satisfaction rule because she previously settled a claim with her UIM carrier in which she claimed damages arising from the same medical treatment.

Millennium Pharmacy Sys., LLC v. Alice Operator, LLC, 2017 WL 1404565 (2017)

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OUTCOME:

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Rochkind, 2016 WL 3855635 (D. Md. 2016)

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OUTCOME:

The district court denied a motion to dismiss and held that the plaintiff could proceed with its action seeking a declaratory judgment on an insurance coverage issue.

Hirshauer v. Ross, 628 Fed. Appx. 207 (4th Cir. 2016)

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OUTCOME:

The Fourth Circuit affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the claims against Mr. Brennan's client.

Brodie v. Rosen, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9211 (D.C. Cir. 2012), reh. den., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11810 (D.C. Cir. 2012)

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OUTCOME: The Court of Appeals granted the Defendants' motions for summary affirmance

Civil rights and legal malpractice case case against attorney who represented the Plaintiff in an underlying criminal case in which the Plaintiff was convicted, as well as against the prosecuting attor ... neys and judges involved in the criminal trial and appeal of the conviction

Brawner Builders v. Northern Assurance Co. of Am., 637 Fed. Appx. 703 (4th Cir. 2015)

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OUTCOME:

The Fourth Circuit held the insurance policy was not ambiguous and that it did not provide coverage for a crew member who was not timely identified and added to the policy's endorsement for covered cre ... w.

CapitalSource Fin., LLC v. Delco Oil Co, et al., 608 F.Supp.2d 655 (D.Md. 2009)

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OUTCOME: Plaintiff won partial summary judgment

In this complex commercial litigation involving multiple defendants, Mr. Markus' motion to dismiss (and the motions of certain other defendants) was granted in 2007. Subsequently, in 2009 the plaintif ... f, CapitalSource Finance, LLC, won partial summary judgment against Delco Oil Co. and its owner, Steven DeLuca.

Armenian Genodide Museum & Memorial, Inc. v. Cafesjian Family Foundation, Inc., et al, 691 F.Supp.2d 132 (D.D.C. 2010)

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OUTCOME: Summary judgment in favor of client.

In this complex litigation, the U.S. District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Mr. Brennan's client. The court denied the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment and also denied the ... other defendants' and counter-plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment.